Category: Health and Medicine

Both studies have been published in the BMJ, a journal that tends to respect peer reviews,  many other media outets in the cannabis space have immeditely jumped up and said ‘reefer madness” syndrome. We’d  walk with a little more caution.

North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner, Arfon Jones, has written to the head of the Crown Prosecution Service in Wales asking for a guarantee that sick people will not be hauled before the courts for trying to alleviate their conditions with medical cannabis.

In their letter, the seven doctors blast the Board of Health’s resolution against medical cannabis, which they say is filled with misinformation and debunked claims.

The Parkinson’s community has looked to marijuana or cannabis to provide some relief from PD-related movement and non-movement symptoms. However, little is known about the effects of marijuana or cannabis for Parkinson’s. Unknown information includes benefit to symptoms, potential side effects and safety issues.

Alicia Allain, wife of John Schneider, known for his role as “Bo Duke” on “The Dukes of Hazzard,” that aired on CBS from 1979 to 1985, claims CBD helped cure her of stage four HER2 negative hormone receptor-positive cancer. Allain told FOX Business’ Stuart Varney on Friday that the cancer was found on her legs, arms, rib cage and spine.

CHIANG MAI: The first clinic to offer both cannabis-based traditional and modern treatments for diseases, including Parkinson’s, has opened its doors in this northern province. Reports The Bangkok Post

SCIENTISTS FOUND THAT DAILY MARIJUANA USE ALLOWED SPECIFIC CANCER CELLS TO GROW UNCONTROLLABLY…. That’s not good news if it’s true

The results showed that the sale of sleep aids was stable before a dispensary opened in one of the Colorado counties. However, after the dispensary started doing business, the market share of OTC sleep medication reduced with each month of operation. The study found that cannabis competes favorably with OTC sleep aids that contain diphenhydramine and doxylamine. These types of medication make up 87.4% of the market share of OTC sleep drugs. 

Researcher Declan Ali says more research must be done on cannabis’ immediate and generational effects

When asked how well he thought the state’s emergency rooms were prepared for legal marijuana, Rush University Medical Center Director of Toxicology Dr. Henry Swoboda said, “I think we’re seeing some of it already and we’re just kind of expecting more.”

A new research study has found that regular cannabis use could be linked to changes in the structure of the heart, raising concerns that daily pot consumption could increase the risk of heart attacks or strokes.

A team of researchers in the United States found a link between long-term use of cannabis and the development of testicular germ cell tumors. Men with long-term cannabis use were 36 percent more likely to develop testicular cancer than those who did not use the drug.